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MusikMesse 2013: The Guitar Channel interviews Ola Strandberg

Written on April 26, 2013 at 9:45 am, by admin


This is a great video interview by Pierre Journel from The Guitar Channel recorded at MusikMesse 2013. This interview was recorded just prior to the big announcement from Ola that he is forming a new company called Astral EXR Systems …

MusikMesse 2013: ESP Announce E-II Guitars

Written on April 19, 2013 at 10:34 am, by admin

ESP E-II
Last December ESP Guitars announced the new LTD Elite series made in Japan at the same manufacturing facility as the rest of their high-end ESP models. Now ESP are rebranding their standard ESP series as E-II and I assume they …

MusikMesse 2013: New Fret-King models

Written on April 18, 2013 at 5:59 pm, by admin

Fret-King-STVDIO-FKS2218
Fret-King have announced a number of new models including these new Black Label guitars the Fret-King Black Label Country Squire and Fret-King Black Label Corona GWR. Now I don’t know the exact model name of the Country Squire but it …

MusikMesse 2013: Washburn Parallaxe Guitars

Written on April 15, 2013 at 3:35 pm, by admin

Washburn PXM10
Washburn PXM10

“Parallaxe, the way a shred guitar should be. Utilizing our 130 years of guitar crafting knowledge and experience and combined with a love and passion for guitars, we have created our most advanced rock/metal guitar. The line includes …

MusikMesse 2013: Fender Standard Plus Top

Written on April 12, 2013 at 12:43 pm, by admin

Fender have announced the addition of the Plus Top range at MusikMesse 2013 to their already popular and affordable Standard range after I’m assuming a successful response to the high end Fender Select Series.

First up is the Fender

Neunaber Technology Introduces the Echelon™ Stereo Echo Pedal

Written on April 12, 2013 at 10:00 am, by admin

Neunaber Echolon
Press Release
Previously only available using Pedal Customizer™ software, the Echelon™ Stereo Echo is being launched as a stand-alone pedal.

The Echelon™ works as a mono echo or a stereo golden-ratio ping-pong echo. Cross-fading Time Change eliminates pitch change or …

MusikMesse 2013: New Bogner Amp Pedals

Written on April 11, 2013 at 5:45 pm, by admin

New Bogner Pedals
Bogner have quietly it seems working on a set of new effect pedals to add to their current trio. Total Guitar are currently at Musik Messe 2013 and they came across these four new pedals and posted the photo …

MusikMesse 2013: Gibson Bill Kelliher “Golden Axe” Explorer

Written on April 11, 2013 at 10:30 am, by admin

Gibson Bill Kelliher "Golden Axe" Explorer
I love Explorers, I think that it goes back to being a 12 year old watching James Hetfield playing his white ESP Explorer style guitar but this new Gibson Explorer model for Mastodon’s Bill Kelliher is pretty bloody special looking. …

MusikMesse 2013: Blackstar Announce HT Metal Series

Written on April 11, 2013 at 9:40 am, by admin

Blackstar HT Metal 100
I used to own a Blackstar HT Stage 100 Amplifier and in fact recorded a Metal demo with it which you can check out here: http://youtu.be/Z_rWhL6IyIE and if you look closely (fullscreen at 720p) you will see that the gain …

MusikMesse 2013: Carl Martin Dual Injection

Written on April 5, 2013 at 9:56 am, by admin

Carl Martin Dual Injection
MusikMesse 2013 is coming and the first announcement here on Guitar Noize is from Danish Effects company Carl Martin who will be debuting a new pedal pictured above called the Dual Injection. This pedal is a dual 20dB boost pedal …